Hands-on Activity

Use clay or other materials to build several trial dams across rivers in your model. Note the characteristics of sites that result in the most efficient dams.

Modify your model landscape in order to create reservoirs of different sizes and depths.

Modify your model landscape to represent a river valley in your region. Place a dam across the river to model what would happen. Use the results to help you document the costs and benefits of building dams to mitigate drought.